Australian Research Council (ARC)

The Final Report must justify why any publications from a Project have not been deposited in appropriate repositories within 12 months of publication. The Final Report must outline how data arising from the Project has been made publicly accessible where appropriate. (Section 13.3.2)

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

The revised Funding Agreement of the National Health and Medical Research Council states:

If required by an NHMRC policy about the dissemination of research findings, the Administering Institution must deposit any publication resulting from a Research Activity, and its related data, in an appropriate subject and/or open access repository (such as the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Inc. archive or databases listed under the National Centre for Biotechnology Information) in accordance with the timeframe and other requirements set out in that policy. (Paragraph 12.9)

As of 1 July 2012 the NHMRC requires any publication arising from an NHMRC supported research project be deposited into an open access institutional repository within a twelve month period from the date of publication.

In a February 2012 editorial article about open access, the CEO of the NHMRC stated that: